Lisa Wright
“I use light and shadow to create drama in my work. These help ground the figure but at the same time the ephemeral nature speaks to the presence of the ‘other’ ;- a less tangible part of the lived human experience”
Lisa Wright's paintings are instantly recognisable for their balance between the figurative and abstract, sensual use of material and their vibrant colour. Throughout her work luminosity and the drama of light lends different emotional qualities to the subject matter.
Within the series Shadow Stories, presented here, the figure is placed centrally but only as a shadow cast in nature’s own field. Wright refrains from the specifics of individual traits and without the tangible aspects of portrait we are left with an ‘essence’ on to which we imprint our own thoughts and feelings.
Golden Air, 2020-21
Beneath the Strangeness of it, 2020-21
Sea Trees, 2021
Far Away, 2021
About
After studying at The Royal Academy Schools, London, Wright moved to Cornwall. She has exhibited her work regularly there, in London, as well as in solo presentations in Miami and New York.
Notable achievements include exhibiting in Tate St Ives’ ‘Art Now Cornwall’; winning the National Open Art Prize, the Hunting Art Prize and the Threadneedle Prize and being the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Artist in Residence during Michael Boyd’s acclaimed The Histories cycle. Her work is held in many private and corporate collections. Most recently, Wright worked in collaboration with Tom Piper MBE on a major sculptural installation in Thetford Forest, Suffolk celebrating the Forestry Commission’s centenary.
